[Bug 28262] New: [webvtt] 4.3.2 emphasis spans [I18N-ISSUE-428]

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28262

            Bug ID: 28262
           Summary: [webvtt] 4.3.2 emphasis spans [I18N-ISSUE-428]
           Product: TextTracks CG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebVTT
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com
        QA Contact: public-texttracks@w3.org
                CC: philipj@opera.com, silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com

Feedback by Addison Phillips from W3C I18N group:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-tt/2015Mar/0061.html

I18N comment: https://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/428

4.3.2 WebVTT cue text
http://www.w3.org/TR/webvtt1/#webvtt-cue-text

A variety of spanning mechanisms, such as bold, italic, and underline are
provided. Some languages use different emphasis forms. Should these emphasis
types also be provided?

We advise against presentational markup of this kind, since it isn't
interoperable across writing systems and may cause unnecessary problems for
localization. (The HTML5 specification has also proposed that these tags should
be used more along semantic lines.) In the HTML case, there was a legacy issue,
but here we don't see one, and recommend instead that styling be used to
determine the presentation of the text.

For some of the issues associated with <b> and <i> tags, see
http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags

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Received on Sunday, 22 March 2015 00:13:56 UTC